Lady of the Eastern Lands Chap. 4

Chapter 4 

-Seamstress-

"Kanshisha! Do you like this one?" Kagome walked out from behind the changing screen in a midnight blue kimono covered in silver stars with a white crescent moon sewn into the bottom of the right sleeve. Tied around her waist was a black obi.

"I like that one the best m'lady." She nodded her approval.

Kagome frowned and crossed her arms. "That's what you said about the last twenty kimonos."

Kanshisha touched the sleeve of the kimono. "Yes, I did. But this one is the most beautiful kimono for the most beautiful demoness."

Kagome blushed, "Why thank you. I'll have to get it adjusted for my tail though. Now I need hakamas and a haori."

"Actually, I found a perfect one for you while you were changing." Kanshisha went into a different room and came out with a pair of hakamas and a haori.

The hakamas were pure black and the haori was mostly midnight blue but faded into black at the end of the sleeves. The lining of the neck, sleeves and pantlegs were silver.

It was simple yet beautiful.

Kagome clasped her hands together. "It's beautiful! I love it! Thank you so much! Now, let's find you a kimono."

"Oh, I couldn't!" Kanshisha stuttered. "I am grateful enough to be able to travel with you!"

Kagome shook her finger at the girl, "Nonsense! You're the one who is helping me! The least I can do is get you a nice kimono. Now, let's find something nice. What is your favorite color?"

The girl gave in with a sigh. "My favorite color? I'd have to say green."

"Okay! Let's get to it!" Kagome clapped her hands, careful of her claws, and started shuffling through a bunch of child-size green kimonos.

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-The market-

Kagome was too busy admiring how pretty Kanshisha looked in her kimono she wasn't paying attention to the supplies they were supposed to be getting. It was a beautiful light green with an emerald colored dragon wrapped around it from her calves up to her collarbone. Around that was forest green sakura blossoms raining down with a white obi. Kagome had chosen to wear her haori and hakamas and save her kimono for a special occasion. Both were tailored so their tails were comfortable poking through a small hole in the back.

Kanshisha looked around nervously, "M'lady? Don't you think we should get your supplies so we can head off to the castle?"

Kagome finally stopped and looked around. "We should, shouldn't we? But before we get the supplies I'd like to get this jewel carved. So we won't have to wait after we get the food." She pulled out the large blue jewel and showed it to a wide-eyed Kanshisha.

"Where did you get that? It's so pretty!" She exclaimed.

She shrugged. "I took it from a demon who tried to use me as his sex toy."

The little demon's eyes widened even more. "Won't he come back?"

"Nope." Kagome grinned. "He's totally purified."

"Purified?" She questioned. "Who purified it?"

Kagome smiled down at her. "Well me of course!"

"That can't be right...you're a demon." Kanshisha said.

"Aha! That's what you think. I'm actually a demoness with miko powers. Do you know of Midoriko?" Kanshisha nodded. "Well, my mother, Kameko, stumbled upon the old battle ground that Midoriko had died on. It was in a cave. Midoriko's will made my mother, who is a demoness, the protector of the ancient Jewel of Four Souls. That means she would need to have miko powers to cleanse it and keep it pure. So my mother was bestowed with the powers she needed. That means Kameko would need someone to takeover when she died. She had a baby girl, me, and so I was next in line. So when I was born, I got miko powers too. Does that help?"

Kanshisha nodded, dumbfounded. "I get it now...I think. Oh well, back to the jewel, I can carve it for you. For free too! Not like those stupid jewel crafters in the village...they make you pay a ton for a jagged rock! But my parents were the best jewel carvers around! They used to have flocks of people coming to them! And they taught me everything they knew!" Tears suddenly welled in her eyes. "Before...they died..." She burst into uncontrollable sobs.

Kagome bent down next to her and pulled her into a hug, wrapping her tail around her comfortingly brushing it up and down her back. "Shh. It's alright." She cooed. "I know the feeling. I didn't even know my parents before they died..." Kagome bit back her own tears. "I have an idea!"

She pulled the now sniffling girl to an arms-length distance away and wiped away the left over tears. She then looked her straight in the eyes with a smile, "Can I be your mommy?"

All sniffling stopped as Kanshisha's eyes grew to the size of frizbees. Kagome giggled at this. The little girl launched herself into Kagome's arms.

Kagome smiled, "So is that a yes?"

Kanshisha nodded against Kagome and lifted her head, "Thank you so much m'lady!"

Kagome poked the tip of Kanshisha's nose, causing her to go cross-eyed for a moment. "If I'm gonna be your mom, you can't call me m'lady anymore."

Kanshisha paused for a few seconds, thinking, before she smiled happily, "Yes, mama!"

"That's more like it!" Kagome giggled and handed her the blue jewel.

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-Outside the village-

"We have herbs, bread, raw meat, veggies, and we can get water from fresh streams. Anything we're missing?" Kagome inquired, looking over the things she had bought.

Kanshisha thought for a moment, "Not that I know of...I guess we can head to the castle now, right mama?"

Kagome smiled, "Right!"

Kagome started walking but quickly noticed her adopted daughter wasn't following her. She turned to see her giggling. "What's so funny?"

Kanshisha slowed her laughter, "You're going the wrong way. We need to go that way." She pointed the opposite direction Kagome was going. "It's at the Eastern point."

Kagome rubbed the back of her head, "Heheh...right. I knew that. Ummm....Let's get going, shall we?"

The little girl giggled again. "We shall." And started walking off in the right direction, Kagome following after her, still a little pink from her embarrasment.

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-A couple hours later...-

"How much longer?" Kagome groaned, shoulders sagging, feet dragging.

The younger girl giggled. "Ya know mama, I don't think that's very lady-like."

Kagome snorted. "As long as nobody's watching, I don't mind one bit about not looking like Sesshomaru. I mean, pretty much all he is is a walking, talking, handsome statue!"

Kanshisha raised an eyebrow in amusement, "Handsome?"

Kagome, realizing her mistake too late, started stuttering. "What are you talking about? I didn't say 'handsome'."

The now smirking demon crossed her arms, "I may be young but I'm not stupid, ya know."

Kagome put on the best puppy-dog face she could muster. It didn't work. "I give up!" Kagome pronounced.

Kanshisha nodded. "Good. Now, handsome? Do you like this Sesshomaru?"

Kagome looked at her for a moment before bursting into peels of laughter. The younger demon glared at her. "Does that mean no?"

It took a few moments for her to calm down. "I won't lie to you, I do like Sesshomaru, and he is very handsome...But that's not what I was laughing about. When you said 'this Sesshomaru'- ...It just got me! He does that! He talks about himself in third person! It's hilarious!" She started laughing again.

Kanshisha sighed and walked off. Kagome suddenly stopped laughing. "Don't leave meeeeeeeeee!!!!!" And scrambled off after her daughter.

Once she caught up Kanshisha announced their arrival. "We're here." She pointed ahead.

Kagome's head spun around so quickly you could practically hear the 'snap!' emitting from it. Kagome moaned in pain. "Itai...."

After massaging her neck she slowly turned to look at the beauty infront of her.

Standing tall was a huge castle with walls almost as high. It was made of stone and had turrets- Ya know what! I can't think up a friggin' castle so imagine one please! Anything you want! Just imagine a castle, okay? Thank you! Ahem. On with the story...

"It's beautiful." Kagome gaped.

"It's yours." Kanshisha corrected.

Kagome stared at it for a few seconds before throwing her hand in the air. "Shweet!"

"Shweet?" Kanshisha asked.

The excited demoness ignored the question and instead grabbed her hand and started dragging her off towards the castle. "It's nothing. Wow...this is so cool! A whole castle! All mine! Yay! Now do you know how to get in?" They had stopped at the gates by now.

"Actually...no." Kagome looked at her adopted daughter. Kanshisha continued. "Few chosen people may be able to see the castle but only the blood of the lord or lady know's how to open the gates since the seal was made. Don't you know?"

Kagome laughed nervously. "Ummm...no. Wait! There's something written on the gate!"

They took a closer look. It read:

"Hmmmm....I wonder what that means..." They both pondered.

Kagome noticed a small stump sticking out of the gate next to the engravement. It had a small hole going through the top of it. 'I wonder if it goes all the way through.' Kagome thought. Sure enough, on the other side was another hole.

An imaginary light bulb appeared above Kagome's head. "I think I might know!" She looked at her right wrist and unhooked the delicate silver chain. "This was a family heirloom. It might just be the chain of the royal family. And if my theory is correct..."

She held the chain above the top hole and slowly slid half of the chain down, the tip protruding from the other side. She held the other half across her palm and poised a claw above it. She swiped her claw across her palm and winced from the pain. She clutched the chain and tilted it so it was straight again. The blood started dripping down as a bright red light shone from between her fingers. The chain suddenly burst with the same red light and the two demoness' closed their eyes from it's brightness. Kagome's hand was pushed apart slightly. When she opened her eyes she no longer saw the small silver bracelet but a blood red spear going through the stump.

Kagome grinned and grasped both sides of the spear. Using all her strength she turned the stump using leverage from the spear. (The kind of thing Captain Jack Sparrow would do! ^.^) The stump started turning and soon it stopped moving completely, the gate slightly ajar. Kagome pulled out the spear and with another red flash, it reverted back to it's original chain form. But instead of changing back to it's original color, it remained crimson.

Kanshisha stared in awe.

Kagome grinned and pushed the door open. She stepped inside and looked to see her daughter still standing there, staring at the door. "I'm shutting the door..." Kagome taunted.

Kanshisha snapped out of it and managed to scramble through the door before it closed completely.

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